Introduction

Project Description

Knowledge Translation Products

Miyo-Nipâwin: Yoga for a Good Sleep - Official Trailer

Miyo-Nipâwin: Yoga for a Good Sleep - Official Trailer

Miyo-Nipâwin: Yoga for a Good Sleep

Miyo-Nipâwin: Yoga for a Good Sleep

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Research Team

Punam Pahwa (Research Lead)
Chandima Karunanayake (Statistics Lead)

Meera Jo Kachroo (Project Lead)

Dawn Deguire (Community Consultant, SIYA)

Yoga Teachers and Demonstrators

Emelda Seesequasis 
Serina Seeseequasis
Harmony Johnson-Harder
Celeste Boran-Fetch
Sheila Naytowhow

Presentations and Publications

PRESENTATIONS

  • Kachroo, M.J., Karunanayake C., and Pahwa, P. Nêhiyaw Yoga: Biomedical Intervention and Knowledge Translation among two First Nations Communities. Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana III: Introspection, Inspiration, Institutionalisation. Universität Hamburg, Germany. May 24, 2024.
  • Kachroo, M.J. Yoga Knowledge in Translation: Reflections on Indigenizing Medical Research. Visiting Scholar Community Presentation for The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH. Sept 17, 2024.
  • Kachroo, M.J., and Deguire, D.. “De-Indianizing Yoga, Indigenizing Yoga: Cultural Continuities in Canadian Yoga.” International Conference on Yoga Studies: Yoga Darśana, Yoga Sādhana: Methods, Migrations, and Mediations. Kraków, Poland. Hybrid meeting; presented remotely. May 19, 2022.

EDUCATION

  • Johnson-Harder, H., Kachroo, M.J., and Newcombe, S. Audio Interview. DA332: Religion and Global Challenges. The Open University, London UK.  July 23, 2024. 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Kachroo, M. J., and  D. Deguire. (2024). Braiding Indigenous Yoga: Worldview, Culture, and Reconciliation in Treaty 6 Territory. Indigenous Religious Traditions, 2(1). DOI 10.1558/irt.27583
  • Kachroo, M.J. and P. Pahwa. 2024. “miyo nipâwin: yoga for a good sleep”. Booklet

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